Several celebrated Canadian artists are featured in a new exhibition, New Brunswick Travels, at a London Gallery.

Works by Peter Powning, Judy Blake and eight other ceramic artists, two metal artists and a painter are included in the show at Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery which opened Thursday.

“The remarkable aspect of this exhibition is the fact that across the country artists are recognizing London as the ideal venue to gain exposure,” said gallery owner Jonathon Bancroft-Snell.

“The guest artists are very excited about exhibiting in the gallery. The gallery prides itself on being a national gallery.”

Bancroft-Snell was also enthused about the participation of metal artist Brigitte Clavette “who has sent an extraordinary chess set in sterling silver.

“Chess is of course a game of war and the ‘white side’ has the pieces representing domestic harmony while the ‘dark side’ is the corporate world,” he said.

“It has only been shown once before and this is the first time it has been exhibited outside of New Brunswick. We have already received queries from British Columbia about it.”

Powning, who works in glass, bronze, steel, clay and stone, is one of the most celebrated artists in Canada, his work shown and owned internationally, including many large public and corporate installations.

The gallery artists participating include Powning, Blake and Clavette, along with Darren Emenau, Lee Horus Clark, Yolanda Clark, Peter Thomas, Kristen Bishop and Maja Padrov. Guest artists include Flo Grieg, Karen Burk (head of the ceramic department at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design since 1983), Chris Colwell and Melissa LeBlanc.